Gibbula tingitana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
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Shell of Gibbula tingitana (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Gibbula |
Species: | G. tingitana
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Binomial name | |
Gibbula tingitana Pallary, 1902
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 5 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Western Mediterranean Sea and off Morocco (Tangiers).
References
edit- ^ Gibbula tingitana Pallary, 1901. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
External links
edit- "Gibbula tingitana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Pallary P. (1901). Diagnoses de quelques coquilles nouvelles provenant du Maroc. Journal de Conchyliologie 49: 226–228, 314-315 page(s): 315
- Pallary, P., 1920 - Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912)., vol. (2)("1912"), p. 1-108
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
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